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The SWiFT/Ghatak UCAV scale model (Screenshot from IIT-Kanpur’s YouTube video) A never-before seen model of India’s GHATAK stealth flying wing combat drone has broken cover in a recently uploaded video by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur). The UAV design lecture was posted on the institute’s YouTube channel on …

Credits: Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully flight tested the second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on the service’s B-52 Stratofortress out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, on Aug. 8, 2020. This captive carry flight was conducted with tactical hardware and fully instrumented to …

Credits: Минобороны России / Youtube Russian flight test center flew a Su-57 stealth fighter jet without a canopy to better assess the stresses and strains on the aircraft and pilot during an emergency egress procedure. The full video, seen below, was posted on the Russian Ministry of Defense’s YouTube channel …

PHOTO © 2020 PLANET LABS INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION Satellite imagery shows Turkish Air Force F-16 Viper fighter jets at Ganja International Airport in Azerbaijan earlier this month. This is the first hard evidence that at least some of these jets were in that country after fighting …

An F-35A Lightning II Fighting flies past the Wasatch Mountains by Hill Air Force Base on Dec 7, 2016. The F-35A is a single-seat, single-engine, fifth-generation, multirole fighter that’s able to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew …

Credits: Russian Air Force Recent videos from Russia indicate that the country may be on the verge of introducing significant new air-to-air missile capabilities to its most advanced combat jets. One clip shows a Su-57 Felon advanced combat jet carrying one, or perhaps two, new variants of the R-77 medium-range …

The Tunisian Air Force Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter jet, belonging to 15 Sqn, crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot died in the crash and the aircraft was destroyed. The local reports identified the deceased pilot as Captain Mehdi Boubake. The #Tunisian Air Force pilot who crashed today in Remada's …

A screengrab from CCTV footage released on 2 March showing a J-10C multirole fighter in PLAAF markings fitted with a Chinese-made WS10B engine. Source: CCTV.com The People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jet encountered a bird strike upon takeoff. On Oct. 5, the People’s Liberation Army Daily reported that pilot …

Details are emerging regarding the shot down of several Azerbaijani An-2 aircraft during the ethnic and territorial conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan is flying “unmanned” An-2 biplanes as decoys to locate Armenian air defense and artillery position. The bi-planes fly towards Armenian positions forcing their ground troops to open fire thus …

The Indian Navy ultralight trike crashed near Cochin NAS (VOCC) during a training flight. Both pilots died in the crash. A glider aircraft of Indian Navy crashed near Kochi Naval Airport on Sunday morning, critically injuring an officer and sailor on board. The power-hand glider which was on a regular …